11 Amendments of Mieczysław Edmund JANOWSKI related to 2008/2064(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas the practical solutions which our fellow citizens expect to see devised for problemmatters affecting publicliving conditions, including local services (such as public transport, drinking water, social housing, etc.), can be achieved only by means of good governance, involving two complementary systems: firstly, the institutional system, which provides for the allocation of powers and budgets between the State and regional and local authorities; and, secondly, the partnership system, which brings together all the public and private bodies concerned by a given topic in a given territory,
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
Amendment 15 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas an integrated approach must not only take account of the economic, social and environmental aspects of territorial development, but must also servek to reconcile the interests of the various actors involved, in the light of a territory's specific characteristics, with a view to meeting local and regional challenges,
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Calls on the Commission, the Council, the Member States and regional and local authorities to coordinate more effectively the various Community funds (Structural Funds, Community programme for research and development, European Regional Development Fund, etc.) whose purpose is to promote regional and(including urban) development;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Calls on the Commission and the Member States, working together with regional and local authorities, to examine immediately the issue of the rationalisation and simplification of the procedures for implementing cohesion policy with a view to reducing the bureaucratic burden on the individuals and bodies involved;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Draws attention to the requirement to hold public consultations – including with non-governmental organisations – on the issue of programming and notes that the efforts to involve the public in the preparations for the operational programmes for the period 2007-2013 were not entirely successful; calls on the Commission, therefore, to identify good practicesmake it possible for good practices to be brought to bear with a view to improving public involvement ahead of the next programming period;
Amendment 102 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Urges the Member States to decentralise the implementation and application of cohesion policy, so that the system of multi-level governance can work effectively and in keeping with the subsidiarity principle, and calls on them to take the decentralisation measures required;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the European Commission, without seeking to cast doubt on the relevance of the NUTS II level, to identify the size of area best suited to the implementation of genuinearea in which, on the basis of experience gained, an integrated policiesy for the development of territories as they are experimight best be implemencted subjectively and territoriein territorial terms, plus areas which form the basis for projects, in particular:;
Amendment 116 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the European Commission, without seeking to cast doubt on the relevance of the NUTS II level, to identify the size of area best suited to the implementation of genuine integrated policies for the development of territories as they are experienced subjectively and territories which form the basis for projects, in particular - population and labour catchment areas, i.e. towns and the surrounding rural areas, - territories which justify specific thematic approaches, such as mountain ranges, river basins and coastallarge wooded areas, national parks, river basins, coastal areas and environmentally degraded areas;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Notes that within the Council there is no department which has specific responsibility for the strategic monitoring of cohesregional policy, which accounts for the largest volume of appropriations in the European Union budget, and calls on the Member States to schedule specific Council sessions involving the ministers responsible for cohesregional policy;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26
Paragraph 26
26. Proposes the creation of an ERASMUS programme for regional and local elected officials;